Row of houses with displaced gangways



Jan. 7, 1936.

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ROW -OF HOUSES WITH DISPLACED GANGWAYS Filed Deo. 10, 1931 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 7, 1936 UNITED STATES ROW 0F HOUSES WITHDISPLACED GAN GWAYS Hermann Battling, Bielefeld, Germany ApplicationDecember 10, 1931, Serial No. 580,178

In Germany February 11, 1928 3 Claims.

This invention relates to a row of houses with one or several passageways, serving to give the individual dwellings the character of privatedwellings and further preserve favourable ventilation and, lightingconditions. The known constructions of a row of houses with commonpassage ways do not allow of a perfect lighting and isolation of therooms, and for this reason they cannot be employed for the purpose ofthe present invention.

The object of the invention is, to render it possible to 'producehygenically perfect separate dwellings in large and compact blocks, suchas are necessitated by the development of big towns. For this purposeall the main and auxiliary rooms of the different dwellings form aclosed unit, in the case of large units in one or more storiedarrangements. The privacy of the dwellings and the communication withthe outside are established b-y passage ways like streets, arrangedoutside the house.

'Ihese passages recur every two stories and are always arranged at abouttwo-thirds of the height of a story, so that the lighting andventilation of the individual dwellings is not detrimentally alected.These passages are interconnected and communicate with the street bymeans of staircases, lifts and the like.

Three embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example inthe accompanying drawings, in which:-

Fig. 1 shows single storied dwellings wherein each story constitutes adwelling, in that a passage leads from a staircase into the out offdwelling and from a second staircase into the story above.

Fig. 2 shows two storied dwellings wherein the cut off story forms adwelling with the story above.

Fig. 3 shows likewise two storied dwellings wherein the cut-01T storyforms a dwelling with the story thereunder.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view showing the arrangement of the common publicconnecting staircases.

In the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 1, the passage way c recurringevery second story is situated at about two thirds of the height ofthelower story u, so that any persons thereon cannot look into the windowsof the dwelling rooms story b actually situated thereover. The dwellingsof the stories a; are connected to the passage ways e by staircases d,and those of the stories b by staircases e. The windows in the cut-oirstories are divided or limited by the passage ways without howeveraffecting the lighting and ventilation. The staircases can effect theconnection to the differentstories with or without an anteroom.

In the construction illustrated in Fig. 2 two storied dwellings areshown the cut off lower story a of which communicates directly with thepas- 5 sage way which lies at about two thirds of its height and isconneected with the upper story b by'means of a staircase e; thisstaircase e may be situated in the interior of the dwelling. In thisinstance it is advisable to arrange the auxl0 iliary rooms, store rooms,lavatories, wash-houses and the like, in the cut-01T lower story of thedwelling in direct proximity to the outer wall, so that the dwellingrooms are not shadowed at all by the passage way, whereas the storerooms are l5 well protected against the rays of the sun.

Fig. 3 likewise shows two-storied dwellings wherein however the passageway is always situated at two thirds of the height of the upper story aso that each cut-0E story is 'united with the story thereunder to form adwelling. The auxiliary rooms are in this instance preferably arrangedin the cut-off upper story.

Fig. 4 shows the plan view of a house with the separate dwellings a, thepassage way c, the staircases d and e which connect the differentdwellings or stories of the dwellings with the passage way, and the mainstaircase f and lift g which connect the passage ways with the street.

It is also possible to completely close in the passageways forparticular purposes.

I claim:-

1. A row of houses, comprising in combination with the stories and thedifferent dwellings therein, continuous street-like passage ways extend-3" ing horizontally at the outer sides of the houses, one at the heightof two thirds of every second story, staircases connecting said passageways to the different stories and in unobstructed communication with thepassage ways for the admission of light and ventilation for the staircases, and main staircases and lifts connecting said passage ways withthe street.

2. A row of houses, comprising in combination with the stories of thehouses, continuous streetlike passage ways extending horizontally at theouter sides of the houses, one at the height of two thirds of everysecond story, single storied dwellings in said stories,staircasesconnecting said passage ways to said dwellings and in unobstructedcommunication with the passage ways for the admission of light andventilation for the stair cases, walls separating said staircases fromsaid dwellings and main staircases and lifts connecting said passageways with the street.

3. A row of houses, comprising in combination with the stories, twostoried dwellings in said stories, continuous street-like passage waysextending horizontally at the outer sides of the 5 houses recurringevery second story and arranged at two thirds of the height of the upperstory of the respective dwellings, staircases connecting. said passageways with the two stories of the respective dwellings and inunobstructed communcation with the passage ways for the admission oflight and ventilation for the staircases, and main stan-cases and liftsconnecting said passage ways with the street.

HERMANN BARTLING.

